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The FAC Legislative Conference is the final opportunity for the membership and Legislative Policy Committees to meet and voice their opinion on the policies FAC lobbies during the legislative session. On the final day, commissioners vote and adopt...

As many of you know the 2016 Legislative Session begins in January meaning committee weeks begin in September. In order to provide guidance to staff during the committee weeks each policy committee voted on priorities in each issue area and ...

The 2015-16 Policy Committee Conference will be held August 26-28 at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront in Pinellas County (333 1st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701). This event brings together the FAC legislative policy committees to...

Be sure to join us, and guest speaker Kurt Spitzer, at the Policy Committee Conference to learn about Charter Government. The state constitution provides Floridians the power to restructure their county government through the development of ...

Registration for the ACC Program is now open. All CCC Graduates are encouraged to apply for this advanced certification program. The dates for the 2015-2016 ACC program sessions will be: October 22-23, 2015...

The cover story for the August edition of Governing profiles the efforts of Miami-Dade County to reduce the criminalization of individuals with behavioral health problems through the use of tools such as pre-arrest diversion programs and a p...

As reported earlier, Florida has joined a number of states in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction regarding the joint EPA/ACOE Waters of the U.S. Final Rule. According to news reports, a total of twenty-nine states have filed ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), upon the recommendation of the Florida Boating Advisory Council (BAC), is requesting applications for participation in a Non-Motorized Boat Working Group. The working group will me...

FDOT is hosting an Open House to support the update of the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) and the Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Policy Plan. The FTP/SIS Open House will be held in conjunction with TRANSPLEX. TRANSPLEX will begin on August 2...